[bug#27520] [PATCH] build: Use "GUIXSD" as root label.

[Leo Famulari]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 12:17:01AM +0200, Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
> Hi Leo,
> 
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 18:01:17 -0400
> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 11:38:41PM +0200, Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
> > > * gnu/build/vm.scm (initialize-hard-disk): Make grub search for label 
> > > "GUIXSD".
> > > * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os): Set filesystem root label to 
> > > "GUIXSD".
> > > * gnu/system/vm.scm (system-disk-image): Set filesystem root label to 
> > > "GUIXSD".  
> > 
> > I assume there is some reason for this change, but I'm not sure what it
> > is. Can you tell us? :)
> 
> ISO9660 support.  The iso9660 volume label only supports uppercase
> letters and underscore.  While I was at it I removed the "-image"
> suffix because it's an implementation detail and it's really not an
> image once it's burned to a real CD / written to a real USB stick etc.
> Then I removed the "-disk" suffix because volume labels are not on a
> disk but on individual partitions.  Then it was just "gnu" and I
> thought that was too generic.  So here we are :-)

Good story :)

And ISO9660 requires uppercase letters?

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